In the Aragonese census of 1459 Casapesenna counted five hearths, that is five families; by 1689 there were forty. For centuries it was not a municipality: in 1928 it was absorbed into Albanova, the new commune the fascist regime made by joining San Cipriano d'Aversa and Casal di Principe, and when Albanova was dissolved it stayed a hamlet of San Cipriano. Autonomy came only in 1973.
The name may come from casa per selle, house for saddles: in the sixteenth-century baronial palace horses were saddled and shod. On the arms there is an arm holding a club, taken from the Vargas Machuca: it recalls Diego Pérez de Vargas who, having lost his sword at the battle of Jerez, tore off an olive branch and went on fighting with that. Among the public places of the village are a park of legality and the community centre named after Antonio Cangiano, the mayor killed by organised crime.
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Next up: Saint Helena the Empress, patron of five days of celebration, Saturday 14 August
Nearest airport: Napoli Capodichino, 17 km away
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📅 Every year, from 14 to 18 August, with concerts, fairground rides and final fireworks
Casapesenna celebrates Saint Helena the Empress from 14 to 18 August, with a procession, folk music concerts, fairground rides, food stalls and a final fireworks display.
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